View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. Traction creates opportunity.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. Traction creates opportunity.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. at 4:04 PM.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In 2011, our family was sitting around the dinner table brainstorming when our teenage daughter Mia had a great idea – starting a company that sells the best possible organic roasted seaweed in delicious flavors. It’s code and portal combined, and it just took someone close to us to. 1- From our daughter. Photo Credit: Steve Broad.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

A few weeks ago, we hosted a small dinner for a number of portfolio company founders, LP’s, and friends of the firm. at exit due to dilution. But the general idea is that for software driven businesses, traction can create unpredictable upside that is hard to account for but should not be ignored. Traction creates opportunity.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. This is a good choice if you need ongoing support and are ready to make a greater commitment to tech-based marketing than just a one-off mobile or social app.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 24, 2017

One of the biggest electronic music festivals, Electric Daisy Carnival, is hosted in Las Vegas every year and brings in hundreds of thousands of attendees. Thanks to Alexis Zanger, Aegis Software Corp ! #16- This year has been momentous for my company. I’m proud of the awesome new products we were able to offer customers in 2017.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Entrepreneur Connect Entrepreneur Media, the parent company of Entrepreneur Magazine , hosts this online network of entrepreneurs.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Past failures of enterprise technology to live up to its promises and ITs lack of agility caused by legacy technology have decreased the influence of the CIO, explained R "Ray" Wang in a piece for Forbes last year. If you want to read more, check out Wangs article for the Harvard Business Review. What do you think?

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Don’t use company property or Internet, ever - Another clause in most employment agreements is that anything you do physically at work, or on software and equipment owned by the company (e.g. Soooooo desk job, and similar technology, I buy that this thread is reasonable but somewhat unrealistic advice. This clause is fair.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

In 2011, it accounted for approximately $2.3 To find out what people are complaining about, read forums, turn to your social media accounts, and read reviews. At Palo Alto Software, we use the One-Page Pitch feature in LivePlan to quickly validate new business ideas. billion in total industry sales. Today it is even larger.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 12, 2022

With technology. Brennan Dunn is the co-founder of RightMessage, a software company that helps you uncover who’s on your website, what they do, and what they’re looking for from you. 4:44] When RightMessage came to be, were you just working with JavaScript coding? [5:44] 2:09] What has your journey looked like? [4:44]

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. Innovation Clusters.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. My delusions of coding grandeur quickly subsided and realized that I was not going to hack it. Thus, I embarked on the journey to find a technical co-founder.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Free Software Download. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). ► 2011. (2). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Software 2.0:

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. View All Search Results » |. The Wall Street Journal. Welcome, Logout. Customer Center. My Journal. Message Center ( new). Edition Home.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2019

’ I don’t know about you, but that immediately makes me imagine hosting a party and this beautiful light hanging above.”. While the following advice is more focused on innovative technology companies, the idea can be transferred to any sort of marketing writing , including product descriptions. X is the input and Y is the output.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. That can create a whole host of issues upon a generational transfer of a fund. July 11, 2012.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. For a full list of major tech conferences, see technologyconference.com.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 11, 2014

Add-On sales are the extra little services – like protection plans, tech-support subscriptions, or product training – that give your customer extra piece of mind. Here’s a great example of a cross-sell interstitial by Product Upsell , an app for Shopify customers. . different pieces of content.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. For a full list of major tech conferences, see technologyconference.com.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Despite the name, the Bing Fund doesn’t require its companies to work with the Bing search engine or the technologies associated with Bing, including speech recognition, image processing, video, local/geo/map technologies, and so forth. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

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ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2017

While the following advice is more focused on innovative technology companies, the idea can be transferred to any sort of marketing writing, including product descriptions. ” In 2011, Travis Kalanick pitched Uber like , “You push a button and in five minutes a Mercedes picks you up and takes you where you want to go.”

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The product or website (be it software, e-commerce, or a service) might be awesome , but if it puts itself in front of the wrong market, or packages itself so the right market can’t figure out why it’s awesome, the startup will fail. Most startups fail. Phase 3 – Concierge.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Potential partnerships with media and telecom giants make it attractive enough though, and hopefully there will be cross polination between the Israeli startups and the great tech cluster in London. Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Applicaster - Company Website.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. at 11:09 AM.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. March 25, 2011 at 12:59 pm.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

I consider myself proficient in the.Net technologies (no glory, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer). I started on ASP.NET MVC but quickly realized both financially and technically, the platform wasn’t going to be a good decision moving forward. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

I consider myself proficient in the.Net technologies (no glory, I spend a lot of time in front of my computer). I started on ASP.NET MVC but quickly realized both financially and technically, the platform wasn’t going to be a good decision moving forward. Flickr Search Copyright © 2011.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES 2-YEAR MODEL FOR BUDGET 2011-2012. The Israeli Cabinet approved Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz’s proposal to continue with the biennial state budget model in 2011-2012. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Ignoring Your Faults You might have all sorts of shortcomings — it’s your first startup, you’re inexperienced, ignorant about how “sales&# works, you have buggy software, etc. Have an account?

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